From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 4 19:11:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6705316A46F for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 19:11:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oregnier@oregnier.net) Received: from 30.mail-out.ovh.net (30.mail-out.ovh.net [213.186.62.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC9FA13C484 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 19:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oregnier@oregnier.net) Received: (qmail 21695 invoked by uid 503); 4 Jul 2007 19:12:07 -0000 Received: (QMFILT: 1.0); 04 Jul 2007 19:12:07 -0000 Received: from b7.ovh.net (HELO mail193.ha.ovh.net) (213.186.33.57) by 30.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 4 Jul 2007 19:12:07 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 4 Jul 2007 19:11:50 -0000 Received: from mac76-2-82-241-6-173.fbx.proxad.net (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (postmaster@oregnier.net@82.241.6.173) by ns0.ovh.net with SMTP; 4 Jul 2007 19:11:49 -0000 Message-ID: <468BF123.3060903@oregnier.net> Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:12:35 +0200 From: Olivier Regnier User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <468BC778.5040802@oregnier.net> <6EFA02413CBD4BA051727365@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <6EFA02413CBD4BA051727365@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Ovh-Remote: 82.241.6.173 (mac76-2-82-241-6-173.fbx.proxad.net) X-Ovh-Local: 213.186.33.20 (ns0.ovh.net) X-Spam-Check: DONE|H 0.5/N Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about periodic.conf file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:11:47 -0000 Paul Schmehl a écrit : > --On July 4, 2007 6:14:48 PM +0200 Olivier Regnier > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm working on FreeBSD 6.2 and my question is, it is possible to use the >> periodic.conf file in /usr/local/etc/ directory ? >> > Yes, of course. > >> My second question, if i create a empty periodic.conf, it is possible to >> include the /etc/defaults/periodic.conf file with a command line by >> example >> >> include /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ? >> > It isn't needed. The /etc/defaults conf files are always parsed. > They are overridden by any settings in the corresponding file in /etc. > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Senior Information Security Analyst > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Ok thank you for your answer :)